Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Meridian, Mississippi & Surrounding Areas
Justin David Blanks
Jan 13, 2015
Justin David "JB" Blanks Funeral service for Justin David "JB" Blanks will be held on Friday, January 16, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel, with Father Frank Cosgrove officiating. Burial will be at Forest lawn Cemetery. "JB", age 27, of Meridian passed away on Tuesday, January 13, 2015, at his home. "JB" graduated from Lamar...
Laura Hill Slattery
Jan 13, 2015
Laura Hill Slattery A visitation will be held on Friday, January 16, 2015, for Laura Hill Slattery, from 5:00p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home. Mrs. Slattery, age 46, of Meridian passed away quietly at her home on Tuesday, January 13, 2015. Laura loved to write poetry and had received several awards. She will be remembered as...
James Rasmussen
Jan 12, 2015
James "Jim" Rasmussen Mr. Rasmussen, age 76, of Meridian passed away on Monday, January 12, 2015, at his home. Mr. Rasmussen was in the United States Air Force and was stationed at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, where he taught electronics. He moved to Meridian after being Honorably Discharged from the Air Force. Mr. Rasmussen retired from IBM. He...
Hazel Covington Chaney
Jan 11, 2015
Hazel Covington Chaney A Celebration of Life Service will be held at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in Meridian, Mississippi on Saturday, January 17, 2015, at 11:00 a.m., with Rev. Drew Dabbs officiating. Burial will be Meridian Memorial Park Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Hazel Covington Chaney, 93, a Northland resident of Kansas...
Raymond Boyd
Jan 7, 2015
Reverend Raymond Ray Boyd Funeral services for Reverend Raymond Ray Boyd will be held Saturday, January 10, 2015 at 1:30 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Mamie Lunsford and Reverend Barbara Ann McCullers officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Lawn Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Boyd, age 81,...
Judy Elizabeth Mcduffie Dubose
Jan 7, 2015
Judy Elizabeth McDuffie DuBose Funeral services for Judy Elizabeth DuBose will be held Thursday, January 8, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel, with Brother Mike Everett officiating. Burial will be at New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mrs. DuBose, age 69, of Meridian, passed away Monday,...
Lee Esther Ables
Jan 7, 2015
Mrs. Lee Esther (Ables) Williams Graveside services for Lee Esther (Ables) Williams will be held Monday, February 2, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens with Reverend Glen Hall officiating. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Lee Esther (Ables) Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Elias (Lucinda) Ables, passed on January 7, 2015,...
Martha Carol Reeves
Jan 5, 2015
Martha Carol Reeves Martha Reeves, 63, of Collinsville passed away on January 5, 2015, at her home. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home will be in charge of the arrangements. Ms. Reeves retired from NAS Meridian in 2006 after more than thirty years of civil service. She cherished being Gan-Gan and enjoyed spending time with her granddaughter. Anyone who came in...
Earl Duke
Jan 5, 2015
Earl Anderson Duke A memorial service for Earl Anderson Duke will be held Saturday, January 10, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. at Mount Vernon Baptist Church, 4390 Valley Road, Meridian, MS with Rev. Jim Rickles and Rev. Virgil Reeve officiating. He graciously donated his body to science for the teaching and perfecting of medical knowledge and techniques. Mr. Duke, 90 of...
Johnnie Landrum Reece
Jan 5, 2015
Johnnie Landrum Reece Graveside service for Johnnie Landrum Reece will be held on Friday, January 9, 2015, at 2:30 p.m. at Magnolia Cemetery, with Dr Rhett Payne officiating. Mrs. Reece, 83, of Meridian passed away on Monday, January 5, 2015, at Rush Hospital. Mrs. Reece was a lifelong residence of Meridian and was a member of First Presbyterian Church. Her...
Henry Lowry Randall
Jan 4, 2015
Henry Lowry "Lonnie" Randall Retired Railroad Engineer Graveside services for Henry Lowry "Lonnie" Randall will be Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015, at 12:30 pm at Magnolia Cemetery with The Reverend Luther Ott presiding. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Randall, 84, died Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015, at Anderson Regional Medical Center. He was born Sept. 14,...
Malcolm Gray Newell
Jan 4, 2015
Malcolm Gray Newell Services will be held at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, January, 7, 2015, for Malcolm Gray Newell at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in Meridian. Dr. John Temple, Pastor of Poplar Springs Drive Baptist Church, will be officiating the service. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service, and the burial will be at Hickory Grove...
Coleman D. Anthony
Jan 3, 2015
Coleman D. Anthony Funeral service for Coleman D. Anthony will be held on Wednesday, at 10:00 a.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel, with Reverends Marty Harper, Mike McKee and Todd Tillman officiating. Burial will be at Old Marion Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Anthony, 82, of Meridian passed away on...
Joseph Edwin Tinsley
Jan 2, 2015
Funeral services for Joseph Edwin Tinsley will be held Monday, January 5, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Bill Freeman officiating. Burial will be at Forest Lawn Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Tinsley, age 67, of Meridian, MS passed away January 2, 2015 at his...
Cesar O. Pradera
Jan 2, 2015
Cesar O. Pradera A memorial visitation for Cesar Pradera will be held on Wednesday, January 7, 2015 from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home. Mr. Pradera, 83, of Meridian, passed away Friday, January 2, 2015, at The Oaks Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Pradera was born in Uruguay in 1931. He was a longtime resident of New Jersey...
Donald North
Dec 31, 2014
Donald North Funeral services for Donald North will be held Monday, January 5, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. in the chapel of Robert Barham Family Funeral Home, with Brother David Caves and Dr. John Temple officiating. Burial will be in Mississippi Veterans Cemetery, with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mr. North, 64, of Toomsuba, passed away...
Carolyn Jefferies
Dec 31, 2014
Carolyn Jefferies Funeral services for Carolyn Jefferies will be held on Wednesday, January 7, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. at Prince of Peace Baptist Church, with Pastor Zachary Operton officiating. Burial will be at Forest Lawn Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Carolyn Jefferies, daughter of the late Julian Jefferies, Sr. and Mamie Harris Jefferies,...
Norma R. Johnson
Dec 31, 2014
Norma R. Johnson Graveside services for Norma R. Johnson will be Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Forest Lawn Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Johnson, age 83 of Meridian passed away Wednesday December 31, 2014 at Golden Living Center. Mrs. Johnson retired from Bell South after over 40 years. She loved...
Sara Lucy Buckley
Dec 31, 2014
Sara Lucy Buckley Graveside services for Sara Buckley will be held Monday, January 5, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Chunky Cemetery, with Reverend Lyn Nations officiating. Burial will be in Chunky Cemetery, with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. Buckley, 77, of Meridian, passed away Wednesday, December 31, 2014, at Andersons Hospital. Sara was a...
Carolyn Jeffries
Dec 31, 2014
Carolyn Jeffries Funeral services for Carolyn Jeffries will be held Wednesday, January 7, 2015, at 11 a.m. at Prince of Peace Baptist Church, with Pastor Zackery Overton officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn, with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Ms. Jeffries, 78, of Meridian, passed away December 31, 2014, at her home. Family and...




